Baroque oil painting techniques with Hannah Delellis
Workshop | Available
2 Day Workshop: Saturdays Dec 5 & Dec 12, 10am-2pm
This workshop will prepare students to be able to take baroque style techniques and make them their own. Students will learn how to prepare their canvases and paint from photo reference. We will go over the start of the underpainting all the way to the final layers of paint.
Students will be learning how to mix color, identify important values and color changes, and the importance of paint placement. Learn how to paint like a baroque artist, and make it your own!
- Photo references will be provided
Canvas: 12x16
Gesso
Sandpaper
Foam brushes
Graphite Pencils
kneaded eraser
Paints: Burnt umber, Titanium white, cadmium red hue, Cadmium yellow hue, ultramarine blue Windsor and Newton brand paints or gamblin,
OPTIONAL more advanced colors to add Old Holland brand ultramarine blue, burnt Sienna, and transparent oxide Geel lake in addition to the Windsor and Newton or gamblin paints
Gamsol
2 glass jars, one for Gamsol one for Linseed oil or galkyd
Linseed oil or Galkyd
Brushes! I prefer flat brushes and one smaller brush for detailing, and one brush for blending
Paper towels
Gray palette paper
Also optional a stay wet palette box
Hannah Delelllis
Hannah Delellis is a Long island based Oil painter. She graduated from Adelphi university and also spent a portion of her time studying Illustration at the School of Visual Arts. She is an Oil painter who uses techniques from the baroque era and she is best known for her figurative work. Hannah's work is inspired by artists like Caraggio and the current day Roberto Ferri. She is dedicated to keeping the classical tradition of Oil painting alive in a very technologically advanced world. She believes that there is always more to learn when it comes to oil painting, and it is important to her to keep on learning and teaching others the importance of such a classical craft. Hannah has been in online Exhibitions such as the national art league's 95th annual juried show, where her painting " Is It Better To Live Or To Die" from her senior thesis series " Love Is The Death of Piece of Mind" was featured. Her work includes stories of greek gods and goddesses living through modern day situations with undertones of mysticism. With her work she wants to inspire others to use painting as a creative outlet and hopes that viewers see something in her work that helps them.